Writing as Characters

Saturday, June 30, 2012

I don't know what to do. My name was picked at the reaping. My sister Katniss has taken my place. I didn't want to go, I feel really scared and now Katniss has been taken away. I feel guilty because I'm glad it is not me going. Everybody is looking at me strangely.
I keep thinking was there anything I could have done?

This is an example of what a blog based around a novel your students are studying could look like. Give each of your students a character to write as and start with one of the conflicts or actions in the story. The other characters can comment and/or write new blog posts putting their point of view.